Microsoft bans up to 1 million Xbox Live users

Anywhere between an estimated 600,000 and 1 million players who use Microsoft's Xbox Live gaming service will be cut off from the service because they have modified their game consoles or played games that were illegally downloaded from file-sharing sites, according to the company.

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Which game machine is right for you?

Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony have all slashed the prices on their gaming consoles. If you're thinking about buying a Wii, PS3 or Xbox 360 this holiday, here are a few things to consider.

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`P.B. Winterbottom' finds a home at 2K Games

Matt Korba and his pals are busy turning his interactive media thesis project from a rudimentary silent film-themed video-game prototype into a fleshed-out puzzler featuring over 80 levels that will be available for download on Xbox Live Arcade early next year.

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Xbox 360 gets a makeover — and avatars

Will “Halo 3” players want to make cute little avatars on their Xbox 360s?

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'Gears of War 2' delivers guns, grit and grubs

“If it ain't broke ... ” could have been the design brief for “Gears of War 2,” which ships Nov. 7 exclusively for the Xbox 360.

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How to get your girlfriend into gaming

If you want to turn your lady friend into a gaming fan, here’s some advice from Xbox Live community manager Christa Phillips: Don’t be a jerk.

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'Ratchet & Clank' leads wave of fresh PSN games

Of the three video-game console manufacturers, Microsoft was the first to embrace online gaming, and its Xbox Live has become essential to anyone who wants to play against faraway competitors. Sony and Nintendo are trying to catch up with, respectively, the PlayStation Network and the Virtual Console.

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Will Microsoft partner with Netflix?

SAN FRANCISCO - Will Microsoft offer Netflix movies over Xbox Live?

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Xbox Live Falters Over Holidays

Microsoft Corp. said Friday it will give Xbox 360 owners a free video game to make up for poor performance over the holidays by the system's online hub.

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Microsoft to Offer Shows on Xbox Live

Microsoft Corp. has teamed up with a handful of Hollywood studios to sell TV shows and rent movies that can be downloaded through the software maker's Xbox Live online video-game service and beamed straight onto television sets.

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REVIEW: Old-School Games on Xbox Live

The Xbox 360 is the most advanced video game console on the market right now. But apparently, high-def graphics and stereo surround sound aren't enough for everyone.

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Microsoft has banned as many as one million users who hacked their Xbox 360 consoles to play pirated games from the company's Xbox Live service in a bid to counter piracy.

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Microsoft is cutting off up to one million Xbox 360 users who modified their consoles to play pirated games over Xbox Live.

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We hope your recent forays into piracy merely involve you donning a hook and eyepatch for a debaucherous costume party, or else you likely received a message from Microsoft like the headline of this post.

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Shafted by xbox live "customer support."

Well today ends a 3 week ordeal that clearly wasn't worth it, but nonetheless continued the Don Quixote crusade on behalf of my 12 year old boy. Lesson learned, don't trust Micro$oft in ANYTHING.

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"Though the Xbox doesn't have the number one market share, it is the top target for hackers," Boyd said. "Xbox Live has 17 million plus subscribers and that service requires payment."

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A man got kicked out of a New York City library for setting up and playing an Xbox 360, which is easily the coolest reason to get kicked out of a library.

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If you've ever wondered why you can't have more than one hundred friends on your Xbox 360, a still-popular original Xbox game may be to blame.

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Is it to early to proclaim—loudly, as you do—the practice of buying video games at retail dead? Yes, it probably is too early; yet we continue.

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E3:Microsoft Press Conference Round up

Microsoft's press conference is over and here is what was talked about and revealed. Xbox Live will be getting exclusive downloadable song "All you need is Love" for Rock Band Beetles. They had a demo for Tony Hawk Ride

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Microsoft's Microsoft's Chris Stevenson has announced that the Zune Marketplace - and everything available on it - is to be made available to Xbox 360 owners. The catch is that it will only be avaible in certain places.

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Report from the TMNT 25th anniversery tour state that a remake of Turtles in Time is in development for XBLA with a possible release on PSN and Wiiware.

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CHARLOTTE COUNTY: An ad that that showed up on Xbox live turned out to be a fake. Someone posted a false ad claiming a mother was selling her two-year-old child! The innocence in one Charlotte County home vanished recently and it all began with a phone call to Christa Manos.

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Xbox Live is widely regarded as the superior online service for this generation of consoles.

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Xbox 360 is inviting members of Xbox LIVE to be among the first to get hands on with an exclusive, playable demo of the upcoming "Resident Evil 5," available one week before anywhere else, starting today for Xbox LIVE Gold members.* The launch means that millions of Xbox LIVE …

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Last year was a great year to be an Xbox 360 gamer as is evident by the quality of titles that Xbox LIVE members were playing.

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Seven tips to avoid being hacked on Xbox Live Here are a few things you should do to protect your Xbox Live account, compiled from other users (special thanks to MDK x2002x), my own experiences, and Stephen Toulouse:

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iiNet has continued to expand its quota-free content, with the addition of Xbox LIVE downloads in an official partnership with the service.

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Amazon.com on Tues. price cut Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 Live 3-Month Gold Card to under $16 in a new round of video game discounts. The Xbox 360 Live 3-Month Gold Card was discounted to $15.96, a 20 percent discount from the $19.99 MSRP.

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In terms of details, in addition to the new look and feel, Jenkins confirmed that it will allow the game to be installed on the hard drive, but the game disc will still be required to activate the game — a function designed to prevent piracy.

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September 22, 2008 - The results of last week's unofficial presidential poll on Xbox Live are in and users have come out in support of Senator Barack Obama by a 12% margin.

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STARTING THIS PAST MONDAY, Americans can use their Xbox Live service to register to vote in the upcoming presidentials.

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This is a pretty good editorial about the possibility of console gaming switching over to digital distribution only - and the effect that would have on a large chunk of the gaming populace

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Madden 2009 Impressions

The NFL Madden 09 demo went up on Xbox Live and PSN this Thursday, giving football aficionados and casual fans alike a chance to check out the 20th installment in the Madden franchise.

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Major Nelson drops word this morning that a pair of new playable demos are available on the Xbox Live Marketplace, both of upcoming EA Sports titles...

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Too Human Preview

Statuesque obelisks stand transfixed in the distance. The stillness grips the cold air surrounding you. You feel the trembling palpitations of warriors, the shuddering cacophony of bestial roars.

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